# near vs nears

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### near
*adjective · IPA /nɪə/ · frequency rank #514*
Physically close.

### nears
*verb · IPA /nɪə(ɹ)z/ · frequency rank #33,757*
third-person singular simple present indicative of near

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/near-vs-nears